Category: border

Palmer Luckey’s startup will build a ‘virtual’ border wall

Post author By Randall
Post date July 2, 2020
Categories In anduril, anduril industries, border, border wall, lattice, lattice ai, national security, News, palmer luckey, Security, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Anduril’s hardware almost looks like it belongs in orbit, rather than sitting amid desert scrub. On the ground, two wide solar panels collect energy to keep the surveillance tower running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. And at the top of a lengthy mast sit a cluster of cameras, sensors and antennae […]

Federal agencies reportedly bought phone location data to track immigrants

Post author By Randall
Post date February 7, 2020
Categories In border, data, gear, ice, immigration, immigration and customs enforcement, location data, Mobile, Politics, Privacy, Security, Tech, tomorrow, us government

[ad_1] The WSJ reports law enforcement agencies such as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have used this data to find leads on illegal immigrants and border crossings. In one case, for example, the agency used the data to uncover an underground tunnel that ran between Mexico and a closed KFC in San Luis, Arizona. […]

Homeland Security doesn’t want Americans’ airport face scans after all

Post author By Randall
Post date December 5, 2019
Categories In aclu, biometric, border, cbp, customs and border protection, entry-exit, face scan, faces, facial recognition, homeland security, Politics, Privacy, scan, Security, Tech, tomorrow, travelers

[ad_1] In a statement provided to Engadget, a CBP spokesperson said: “U.S. Customs and Border Protection is using biometric facial comparison technology to facilitate the entry and exit of international travelers while meeting the Congressional mandate to implement a biometric entry-exit system. U.S. citizens are out of scope of the mandated biometric entry-exit program. However, […]

Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal

Post author By Randall
Post date November 12, 2019
Categories In aclu, border, cbp, civil liberties, constitution, customs and border protection, department of homeland security, eff, fourth amendment, gear, government, homeland security, ice, immigration and customs enforcement, law, Politics, Privacy, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Casper also rejected the government’s claim that suspicionless searches would cause minimal harm, noting that agents could both look at past searches and were more likely to search people if there had already been a search before. The ACLU and EFF filed the lawsuit on behalf of 11 travelers (all but one of which […]